Hi
‘What is the latest time have you (ever) come home?’
I know the intended meaning is what is the possible late hour (at night) have you come home?
But, if I remove ever from the sentence, would it give two meanings?
Latest= recent and Latest= late (superlative form)
Tom
Hi Tom,
We need to rejig this question. You’ve got two question forms in one so you need to ask:
What … you have ever come home?
To avoid the confusion between latest (superlative of late) and most recent, simply leave out time and then you have:
What is the latest you have ever come home? In that question it is understood you mean time/hour.
Alan